Broadway's 'Translations' to close after 3-week runBrian...

NAMES & FACES

April 6, 1995

Broadway's 'Translations' to close after 3-week run

Brian Dennehy and Dana Delany will be out of a job come Sunday. Translations, the Brian Friel drama in which they star, will close after only a three-week run on Broadway. The play, set in Ireland in 1833, got mixed reviews.

Hoffman, Bacall inducted into French arts group

Dustin Hoffman and Lauren Bacall are the latest American actors to be inducted into the prestigious French Order of Arts and Letters. Culture Minister Jacques Toubon honored the stars at a ceremony Tuesday.

Phil Collins moves closer to his Swiss girlfriend

Phil Collins is leaving home to be closer to his Swiss miss. The 43-year-old singer plans to move from Britain to Switzerland to be near Orianne Cevey, Collins' record company said. Collins met Cevey in 1993 when she interpreted for him at a concert in Lausanne. Collins left his wife, Jill, last year.

Dad tells Nancy Sinatra to double Playboy's fee

What's the Sinatra name worth? Apparently more than Hugh Hefner originally offered Nancy Sinatra to pose nude in the current issue of Playboy. ''I talked to my dad and when I got to the money that Mr. Hefner was going to pay me he said, 'Double it!' '' Nancy Sinatra told Entertainment Tonight. ''Apparently, he thought that our name was worth more,'' she said. ''So Mr. Hefner graciously agreed to do more.'' Nancy Sinatra, 54, declined to say how much she was paid.